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Life’s Longing for Itself

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Sport and religion play out on the badminton court

Geeta Rahman At Championship Point
Geeta Rahman At Championship Point
Saskya Jain
Annapurna Devi: The Untold Story of a Reclusive Genius /
Annapurna Devi: The Untold Story of a Reclusive Genius
Atul Merchant Jataayu
Playing to the Guru
Akhila Krishnamurthy

Atul Merchant Jataayu chronicles the musical genius and personal proclivities of his legendary teacher Annapurna Devi

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‘Writing Is Somewhat a Masochistic Activity’
Antara Raghavan

M Mukundan’s award-winning biography of a city reveals Delhi’s underbelly with compassion. The author tells Antara Raghavan why a river of sorrow runs beneath his stories

A Death in Shonagachhi /
A Death in Shonagachhi
Rijula Das
Red-Light Dreams
Vikram Zutshi

A police procedural and sociological treatise set in Calcutta

The Garden of Heaven /
The Garden of Heaven
Madhulika Liddle
Set in Stone
Raunaq Saraswat

A Delhi saga spanning two hundred years foregrounds the masons and labourers

Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj /
Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
MJ Akbar
Race, Corruption, Morality and the Making of Anglo-India
MJ Akbar

Justice Pulbandi and the hanged Maharaja

Transgender in India—Achievers and Survivors: An Ode to Transwomen /
Transgender in India—Achievers and Survivors: An Ode to Transwomen
CK Gariyali and Priyadarshini Rajkumar
Dignity for All
Nanditha Krishna

The changing status of transgenders in India

The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party /
The New BJP: Modi and the Making of the World’s Largest Political Party
Nalin Mehta
Why More Women Vote BJP
Nalin Mehta

A clash of feminisms

Tell Me How to Be /
Tell Me How to Be
Neel Patel
Tell Me How to Be
Neel Patel

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The Origin Story of India’s States /
The Origin Story of India’s States
Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan
Mapping the Nation
Medha Dutta Yadav

A behind-the-scenes account of the creation of India’s states and Union Territories

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